How to Use proofread in a Sentence

proofread

verb

• He proofread the essay carefully.
• The more people who can proofread his connectomes, the faster his maps will grow.
  — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2012
• Others, like proofreading, are best left to do later in the process.
  — Ryan Korstange, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2020
• Be sure to proofread your work in order to prevent errors.
  — Magi Helena, oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2019
• Election officials aim to proofread and send the ballot to the printer by the end of the next week, and the city should start to receive them the following week.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2021
• China says still needs to be proofread, still needs to be translated.
  — CBS News, 15 Dec. 2019
• Share your screen and proofread each other’s term papers.
  — Mark Antonio Wright, National Review, 22 May 2021
• Even a second or third editor proofreading the excerpt should have picked up on this and raised a red flag.
  — Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2019
• My aunt Linda, an English teacher, had been the one to drive me around on college tours and proofread my papers.
  — Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2024
• Even copywriters may use screen readers to read their copy aloud and proofread for mistakes.
  — Erica Gunn, Forbes, 18 July 2022
• The center is looking for one or two volunteers who would not mind looking over text to proofread.
  — Courant Community, 24 Apr. 2018
• The officer then handed him a five-page college paper to proofread.
  — Erica L. Green, New York Times, 8 July 2019
• During this backward spin, proofread all correspondences and triple-check the fine print.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 28 Feb. 2018
• The drafts for these notes go to our amazing research team who meticulously proofread and fact-check everything.
  — Sarah Connell, Washington Post, 19 July 2022
• Resist the temptation to ask your partner to proofread that work email tonight, Cap, and connect with them on something other than what happened at the office.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 31 July 2020
• Resist the temptation to ask your partner to proofread that work email tonight, Cap, and connect with them on something other than what happened at the office.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 2 Feb. 2018
• Much of that has to do with him pledging allegiance to the same party that would elect a real estate charlatan who can't even be trusted to proofread his own tweets.
  — Michael Arceneaux, Essence.com, 21 Mar. 2018
• Warren proofread the handbook and gave her feedback: Its language needed to be more inclusive and frame the issue more broadly.
  — USA Today, 20 June 2019
• Make sure your email address sends a professional image, and proofread the resume for errors.
  — Kimberly Thompson, Houston Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2018
• Gathering around a computer screen, the editors, the reporters, and the tech guy proofread the final copy-ready version of the Weinstein exposé.
  — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2022
• In the room were three linguists on each language team, two translating and a third proofreading a message sent by the emergency management team in the other room.
  — Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 7 July 2019
• For those who insist on doing returns by hand, there's no substitute to proofreading to ensure your math is correct.
  — Dan Caplinger, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2018
• Some do hire professionals, on a freelance basis, while others rely on the help of friends and family to share design tips or proofread pages.
  — Tejal Rao, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2018
• One purpose of this mechanism is error correction, which allows the production of longer, proofread pieces of RNA.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
• Several times last year, Chase also asked her clerk to proofread and rewrite her personal emails before sending them.
  — Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021
• This is often because the machinery lacks a proofreading mechanism that scans that copied genome for mistakes, but even the viruses that can proofread make mistakes.
  — John Yin, Scientific American, 29 July 2022
• One of these advantageous proteins is an enzyme called exonuclease (ExoN), which helps the virus proofread and correct copies as they are made.
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 23 June 2020
• Mistakes can be deadly, so cells have error-correction systems that proofread and edit in real time.
  — Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2021
• From March 22 to April 15, Mercury's backward spin may cause misunderstanding and confusion, so proofread your emails and scrutinize the fine print.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 28 Feb. 2018
• Siri can also now answer more questions and perform specific tasks in and across apps, from proofreading to text summarizing.
  — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 10 June 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024